Celebrating the opening of the CCAs new building, Canadian Centre for Architecture: Building and Gardens reveals the potential of a museum of architecture as a statement: about the nature of the works it collects and exhibits; about its role in the life of a culture or a city; and about architecture itself. Both the restoration of the nineteenth-century Shaughnessy House(...)
Octagonal gallery
7 May 1989 to 25 March 1990
Canadian Centre for Architecture: Building and Gardens
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Celebrating the opening of the CCAs new building, Canadian Centre for Architecture: Building and Gardens reveals the potential of a museum of architecture as a statement: about the nature of the works it collects and exhibits; about its role in the life of a culture or a city; and about architecture itself. Both the restoration of the nineteenth-century Shaughnessy House(...)
Octagonal gallery
The inaugural Architecture as Public Concern Lecture marks the launch of the CCA Research Network, an entity that brings together alumni from almost four decades of research programs at the CCA. This annual lecture extends the theme of the Architecture as Public Concern Fellowship, which asks, in 2023, “Who is the Work For?” It also aligns with the CCA Research Network’s(...)
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Samia Henni, Jay Pather, CCA Research Network, Architecture as Public Concern, communities
26 September 2023, 2pm to 4pm
2023 Architecture as Public Concern Lecture: Who is the Work For?
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The inaugural Architecture as Public Concern Lecture marks the launch of the CCA Research Network, an entity that brings together alumni from almost four decades of research programs at the CCA. This annual lecture extends the theme of the Architecture as Public Concern Fellowship, which asks, in 2023, “Who is the Work For?” It also aligns with the CCA Research Network’s(...)
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Samia Henni, Jay Pather, CCA Research Network, Architecture as Public Concern, communities
Open House for Students
On 14 September 2023 we invite students to explore our exhibitions, Study Room, and public spaces, and ask us anything and everything you would like to know about the CCA.
14 September 2023, 6pm to 9pm
Open House for Students
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On 14 September 2023 we invite students to explore our exhibitions, Study Room, and public spaces, and ask us anything and everything you would like to know about the CCA.
Interpreting material from the Gianni Pettena fonds, Elisabetta Trincherini traces Pettena’s ongoing dialogue with North America through observations of his travels, the examination of a selection of projects, and an exploration of his teaching syllabi.
January 2023
Find and Tell: Elisabetta Trincherini on Gianni Pettena
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Interpreting material from the Gianni Pettena fonds, Elisabetta Trincherini traces Pettena’s ongoing dialogue with North America through observations of his travels, the examination of a selection of projects, and an exploration of his teaching syllabi.
3 August 2023, 6pm to 7:30pm
Meat and dairy products are ubiquitous ingredients in the globe’s diet. However, the buildings that transform living beings into commodities are usually hidden from the public eye. The architecture of factory farming may seem anonymous and banal, and yet it is made possible by sophisticated technologies and practices of biosecurity. How was the design of intensive animal(...)
20 July 2023, 6pm to 7:30pm
Cages for non-humans: An architectural history of animal farming
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Meat and dairy products are ubiquitous ingredients in the globe’s diet. However, the buildings that transform living beings into commodities are usually hidden from the public eye. The architecture of factory farming may seem anonymous and banal, and yet it is made possible by sophisticated technologies and practices of biosecurity. How was the design of intensive animal(...)
This seminar presented by Oulimata Gueye looks at projects that were to be developed in the middle of the twentieth century, using the African continent as a laboratory for architectural and urban research and innovation. It also considers African initiatives aimed at giving Africans back control over their vision of housing, technology, and economic and social(...)
27 July 2023, 6pm to 7:30pm
UFA, Université des Futurs Africains 2. It Matters What Stories We Tell to Tell Other Stories of the Future
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This seminar presented by Oulimata Gueye looks at projects that were to be developed in the middle of the twentieth century, using the African continent as a laboratory for architectural and urban research and innovation. It also considers African initiatives aimed at giving Africans back control over their vision of housing, technology, and economic and social(...)
11 July 2023, 2pm to 4pm (EST)
14 July 2023, 2pm to 4pm (EST)